PURGING

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

That purges; cleansing. Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (L. catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

2.
n.

The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.


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